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Krugman: NRA an 'insane organization'

By DYLAN BYERS

02/04/2013 09:48 AM EST

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman called the National Rifle Association an "insane organization" yesterday.

“They have this vision that we're living in a ‘Mad Max’ movie and that nothing can be done about it, that America cannot manage unless everybody's prepared to shoot intruders, that the idea that we have police forces that provide public safety is somehow totally impractical, despite the fact that that is, in fact, the way we live," Krugman said on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday.

"The craziness of the extreme pro-gun lobby has been revealed, and that has got to move the debate and got to move the legislation at least to some degree," Krugman said. "There are plenty of gun owners who are fine... but the lobbying groups, the NRA, is now revealed as an insane organization."